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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-05

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will pay cash for good office desk. Who
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-05
THE s. 8. CONTENTION.

Some Good Work Acso mplished-Its Quite,
and Obligations Considered BY
Close Observer.-One Days Work
Blessing for Lifetime.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-05

Notice to Roal Estate Agents.
Lots 50 to SO, Ohio addition Sedgwick ave-
nue., are this day Withdrawn from the mark
ct at former price L. n. Mustoe. 1917
May4, 1897
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-05

Wichita wheelmen will meet at the Fourth
ward school house at 6 p m. this evening fol
q run to the gas we'll.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-05
ANNOUNCEMENT.

A meeting for the organization Of build
ing trades assembly will be held at Friends
hall Saturday evening.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Woman's Guild will be held at the rectory
Thursday afternoon at o'clock. All ladies
taking part in the paper carnival are re-
quested to be present.
MRS WV. NJ BOND,
Secretary
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
Marie Antoinette's Diadem.

A well-known resident of Buffalo has
just returned home from trip to
Europe. Among other souvenirs he
brought with him diadem made for
and worn by Marie Antoinette. The
fillet is a plain band of Roman gold,
inlaid with mosaic of opals, tur-
quoises, rubies and sapphires, depict-
ing the incidents of the lives of Helen
and Dido. Above this rises spray
pattern Of beaten gold, exquisitely
wrought supporting a border Of feur
de lis composed of rose diamonds and
pearls. Three of the diamonds are
from the famous Golconda mines. The
monogram of the unhappy Queen is
engraved on tho inside of the fillet.
This is said somehow to have escaped
the notice of the auctioneer, else it
might have brought much more than
was paid for it, $1,000 frs-Jewelers'
Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
PLAYING scAREcRoW.
How . Busy Editor Made Good Use of q
Lady Caller.

How Busy Editor Made Good Use of q
Lady Caller.
"Oh, there is little danger of an
ordinary mortal's growing conceited!'
said a lady, in mock despair. ''Pit-
falls are always waiting for our pride. :"
She then went on to say that,
having some business with one of the
literary worlds great men, the editor
of a well-known paper, she ventured
upon call ON him at his Office He
was most cordial, and her errand was
soon completed to her satisfaction.
just as she was about taking her leave,
there came knock, and she rose at
once to 20.
"Oh, pray wait one moment" said
the editor. Il know that knock. Oblige
me by waiting until the gentleman has
handed me his manuscript"
Il did wait" says the lady, in tell.
ing the story, "and found that the new
conner was celebrated author Of our
city. He glanced at me, gave the
editor a package, and hurried away.
To tell the truth, I was immensely fat
tered that the editor should have pre-
ferred losing the celebrated
mans call to shortening mine.
Judge of my feelings when
he said, as soon as the door had
closed behind the visitor: Ireally beg
your pardon for making use of you in
this way, madam, but l absolutely
couldn' tresist the temptation. KNEW
he wouldn't stay if he saw had a,
visitor, and his calls are so confound-
eddy long. "-Youth's Companion.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES
Why tho Mission OF the Bloody Shirt
Ended Forever and Forever.

Why tho Mission OF the Bloody Shirt IL
Ended Forever ana Forever.
One significant feature of the recent
discussion concerning the rebel flag
matter was the total absence of any i'll
feeling on the part of the South. The
time was when the Republican bosses
could produce political capital very
readily simply by irritating a few
Southern editors, and then intlame the
Northern heart by repeating their lily
considered utterances. This time has
passed, and one reason why the South
will not be drawn into sectional con-
troversies with Republican agitators
is that it is too busy building up new
industries and increasing the general
business of that section of the country.
A very recent review of the industrial
growth of the South demonstrates that
the people have been earnestly at work
within the last two decades, and that
the fruits OF this earnest work have
been most marked during the last six
months of the present year. The
Manufacturers Record, published in
Baltimore, gives the following encour-
aging figures:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST TO- 1887

asking the Colonel to send to me at
once, by telegraph, full and explicit
statement of hoW he had received the
money, and let it come at my expense.
This dispatch Bracket took away;
and the clock was striking six as he
came back with the answer. Here it
is-the body Of it:
On Tuesday, the thirteenth instant, shortly
after noon, was on my way from Portland,
Maine, to N. Y, and thence home 1 had to
pass through your place on wings Ihad Just
time to look in at Merriam's, where 1 found
nobody! Then looked in ut Sturgis' where
found one OF the Wadleigh brothers-l never
could tell them apart-and he gave me pack.
age containing five hundred dollars, SAYING It
had been left only few moments before by
one of Merriam's people. In my driving hurry
put the money in my pocket. Wadlegh said
nothing about receipt, and didn't stop to
think Of 1t. And have hardly thought of It
since, till received your telegram. What's upi
WALTER PENNINGTON.
''Ho. hop cried, when had read.
Another case of Twins. A thousand
dollars to penny that you gave that
money to Pythias Wadleigh instead of
Damon!'
And so it proved. Damon and
Pythias Wadleigh were twin brothers,
as like as two peas IN a pod, and had
both been in Pennington's command
during the war. Upon critical over
hauling of events in the past, it Dip.
peared that on that Tuesday noon
the 13th-Pythias CHANGED to drop into
Sturgis' counting-room when his
brother was there alone.
Damon was famished for his lunch,
and he asked Pythias to remain on the
premises while he went out; and so it
had been done.
So. when Charles Bracket dropped
in, he found Pythias, instead of Damon;
but did not know it. When Colonel
Pennington looked in at Merriam's
place he found it empty, and moved
on. He reached Sturgis' not more
than two minutes after Bracket had
gone; Pythias. knowing him so we'll
and so intimately, had given him the
money as matter of course, and
thought no more of it. Halt an hour
later, when his brother returned, he
came in company with two customers,
full of business; so the subject Of the
Colonel and his money was not
touched upon. And from that time
the two brothers had not met until
this strange business called them to.
gether.
Mr.. Merriam, and others concerned,
made all the PREPARATION in their power.
On the merchants promise of due
circumspection, revealed to him the
secret of Brackets ability to pay off
the mortgage on his mothers house;
so the last burden of doubt was lifted
from his mind, and he was in the right
humor to give his young clerk an adj
vance in position.
Love is always in order, and always
interesting if it be true love; and that
leads me, in closing, to say: Albert
Christopher and Bella Bracket were
married before the snow flew; and his
parents, when they had come to know
his accomplished young wife. were
perfectly reconciled. and even happy.
-Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., in NJ Y Ledqer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
HOW TO GRADE LOTS.
The Handsomest Surface Which Resi-.
dence Property Can Present.

The abandonment Surface Which = Resi-.
dencs Property Can Present.
The advantage in appearance which
house has that stands up we'll above
the level Of the street or roadway, is
now very generally understood, and
consequently we find the foundation
walls built higher than was customary
some years ago. In order to increase
the effect still more, it is now very
common practice in ordinary suburban
lots to fill in soil sufficient to raise the
surface foot or two above the street,
thus forming a terrace at the street
line. We do not advise this practice
for general adoption. but in some
cases the peculiar circumstances make
it desirable. Where the fall of the
drainage is very slight it is even nee
essary; where the grade Of street is
lowered, and the grounds have al
ready been planted, there is usually
no other course but to terrace at the
time. But course that is
necessary under the conditions
named has been meaninglessly copied
in many instances where there was no
occasion for it, and we see the lots
along the whole lines of streets piled
up sometimes as much as three feet or
more above the general level, even
where it is necessary to build within a
few feet of the line, thus requiring the
entrance to the house to be by fight
of eight or ten steps. On larger
grounds where are built villas or resi-
dences of much pretension in style
and finish, and which occupy suffi-
GENTLY elevated site, and at consider
able distance from the street. this
method of grading up the front and
terracing at the line is sometimes
adopted, but the appearance is far less
pleasing than an even grade over the
whole surface; one effect is to shorten
apparently the line of distance from
the street to the house, and thus di.
minish the size Of the grounds. A
gentle and gradual rise from the
street line to tho front OF the house is
the handsomest surface residence lot
can present-Yick's Magazine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
THEY ALL WANT IT.
Some OF tho Interests That Arc Howllnl
for Bloody Shirt Campaign.

Some OF tho Interests That Are Howllng
for Bloody.Shirt Campaign.
There are several interests in the
country which would like to have the
''rebel flag incident made the chief
issue of the next campaign. Weak
as that issue might be, they regard it
as strong in comparison with some
others that might be forced upon them.
The big combinations in COAL lum-
Der, salt glass, copper, iron and steel
would like to fight the rebellion over
again in 1883.
Alien landlords now on the point OF
being driven from the country would
not object to it if it promised to bring
back the party under whose rule they
fourished.
The cattle barons who were elected
from the public lands which they had
unlawfully monopolized would well
come it.
The land grabbing corporations
which have been forced to do justice to
the settler and which have had their
unearned grants forfeited all want it.
The Pacific railroads, owing the Gov.
eminent $1,000 600 which they do
not want to pay, would not object to a
bloody shirt campaign.
The Dorseys, the Elkinses, the Clay.
tons and the Chaffees are all yearning
for fight on the lines of a generation
ago.
Every theiving monopolist in Ameri.
ca, forced by recent events to defend
himself against attacks which are in.
creasing in force, wants to change the
subject.
Even Jay Gould would not object il
the prospect were that the war issues
would restore the party from which he
bought the appointment of a Justice OF
the Supreme Court.
The claim agents, the subsidy grab
bers, the naval and steamship rings,
the pension swindlers and old Robson
and j. Warren Keifer all regard the
rebel flag as first-rate thing to scare
honest men with.
The only trouble with the crowd is
that it is slightly too eager. 1t banks
too much on an incident which will not
avail them much. The .'rebel' scare
kept them in power eight years after
the country was ready to turn them
out It will not suffice to restore them
to power now that they have been
turned out. Chicago Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
P,rH AND POINT.

Without WEAKNESS there is no rest
in life, even as without hunger there is
no relish of bread.
Ease may be the result Of wealth,
but wealth is never the result of ease.
-7sras Sifsimgs
Good ends il like hardwood tim
Der which alters grows slow, but lasts
powerful when it gets its size.
1t is sometimes hard to tell whore
business sagacity leaves of and down
right rascality begins Whitehall
Times.
The man who was to publish a
newspaper to suit everybody fell out
of Noah's ark and was drowned. Cape
An,s Advertiser.
An economist has sagely observed
that no matter how large its popula-
ton may become. there will always be
enough earth to 60 round.
-Wife-"You haven't been inside Of
q church since we were married."
Husband = (sorrowfully) = mo; =
burnt child breads the fire"
-Affectation endsavors to correct
natural defects, and has always the
laudable aim of pleasing, though 1t 81.
ways misses it. Locke. =
When you meet friend all broken
up It's little funny, isn't it, to have
him tell you that he's been three weeks
in tho country recuperatingl
What is written is written; and
truth shall stand though pride fall.
though vanity lie prone upon it's face
in dust, and love turn away in heart
breaking farewell of Its dearer sslf.-
Detroit Frcs Press.
No Better Than His Company.
BY ones surroundings 1t is shown
What sort Of harvest habit roaps;
And so . manager Is known
BY just the company no keeps.
TEXAS Stflinss.
Excuse me. sir, but haven't we
met beforep Your face is strangely
familiar" Eyes. madam. our host In
troduced us to each other just before
dinner" ':Ab, l was positive I had
seen you somewhere. Inever forget
face. life
1t is generally conceded that won.
en- dress to attract the admira ton Of
men, and the Pittsburgh Dispas asks:
'But why do men dressP" Well. be.
cause they look better that way. They
would attract altogether too much at
tention if they didn't dress. Norris
tonn Herald
The old composers were not in.
dolent, but they had very treacherous
memories. There has not been year
during the past quarter of century
that the manuscript of All opera by
some noted and long-deceased com.
poser has not been discovered. It IL
supposed the author stuffed it away in
the pigeon-hole of his desk and forgot
it.-NorrtstoUn Herald
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
POLITICAL PlTH.

Sherman is trying to do the strad.
die act with banana peeling under
each heel.-Richmond Dispatch.
Some of our Republican contem-
poraries are busily engaged in carry
ing next years Presidential election
this year. Their occupation is harm
less and it may amuse them. Next
years Presidential election will be car
ried by the Democrats next year. Troy
(M ~ Press.
The Presidents statement that
more Union veterans are employed un-
der this Government than under any
previous Administration is like one OF
Mr.. Sullivan's swinging hits from the
shoulder, and it completely knocks out
futile and the Tuttle style of blather.
sixties. Louis Republican.
Blaine was not in Congress, it is
said, when he was put down as
fright in 1862 and got 100000 worth
of railway stock for nothing. That is
so. He did not get into Congress until
the next year. being too busy getting
Spencer rifle contracts "and SIGH. y
But he was fright just the same
Detroit Free Press.
II the Republican party OF the
country hopes to retain the strength
which it still has, much more of il
hopes to recover the strength which il
has unquestionably lost it must face
to the front and vindicate its claim to
be = party of progress. It can NOT
move forward with eyes averted to the
past or win triumphs on issues tina,
are dead. Nothing could be more
fatuous than an effort of its leaders to
arouse the sectional animosities of times
gone by or to attempt to bsse its
claims to popular support upon care
for the soldiers of the war of the
Union. m = Times,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10

Southern States new mills are being
erected, and especially in South Caro-
lima is this activity noticeable. Several
very large mills are being put up and
the older and smaller ones are
being enlarged and otherwise i'm
proved. At Greenville cotton mill
to cost $780, 900 will soon be built.
Texas is also becoming largely in
teresting in cotton manufacturing.
The amount of capital Gncluding cap
ital stock Of Incorporated companies)
represented by the new enterprises or
ganized or chartered in the South, and
in the enlargement of old plants and
rebuilding of mills destroyed by fire
during six months of 1887, as COM
pared with the same time IN 1886, was
as follows:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
RHODE ISLAND COAL
Valuable Beds Of Minerals Underlying q
Surface Of the Little State.

The following letter has been re.
ceived by Thomas j. Hill, Of Provi.
denoe, from w. F. Durfee, Z we'll
known engineer of New York, in rela-
ton to the deposits of iron and coal
found in Rhode Island. Mr.. Durfse 10
man Of great experience and his
opinion Of the value Of the Rhode Island
coal and iron, backed A. il Is by his
knowledge, is Of interest and impor-
lance. Here is the letter, the formal
parts Of it being omitted:
1T has become a popular belief that
the day had passed when New England
can successfully compete with Pennsyl.
vania in the manufacture Of iron and
steel, but. as the result of recent inves-
LEGATIONS. ! am fully persuaded that SO
far as Rhode Island is concerned this
belief is erroneous. have had. as you
know, over thirty years experience in
the design, erection and operation Of
establishments for the manufacture Of
iron, steel and other metals, and
naturally, as the result Of that expert
ence, feel qualified to form an intelli-
gent opinion Of the merits Of any pro-
posal relating to such industries. I.
Recently I have been called upon
to report on the feasibility Of profit
ably manufacturing the best quality Of
pig iron from the Cumberland iron orc
by the use of Rhode Island coal O.
fuel. Without going into the details
(Which l am fully prepared to do II
requested), have no hesitation In
saying that by the use Of the ore
named. combined with proper pro-
portion of foreign ores (Which can be
brought into Narragansett bay cheaper
than at any point in this country
where they are now used), there can
be made within the limits Of the
State of Rhode Island at very re.
munerative profit As good pig iron
as is made anywhere in the United
States; iron, in fact, in every way
suitable for the manufacture Of Bes.
semer steel.
The anthracite coal of Rhode Island,
though not well adapted for either q
steam or domestic fuel by reason Of
the presence Of lime and alumina, is
especially well suited for the use Of the
blast furnace, as the ingredients named
| are just what is needed as . Aux for
the Rhode Island ores and would have
to be supplied from some source. The
Rhode Island ore is free from sulphur
and contains as much fixed carbon Is
the average Pennsylvania anthracites.
As an illustration Of tho great value
of this coal for the manufacture of
iron, it may interest you to know that
at the present time there is being
mined in the town Of Cranston and
shipped to Pittsburgh from $50 to 800
tons per week Of this coal, which is
there used in the reduction of iron ore
for the manufacture Of blooms" and
so successful has this use Of Rhode
Island fuel been found. that the partie.
who are using it are about to largely
increase their works -Bosto. Herald
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
For siz months Of

These statistics mean Cuisines"
They are no idle tales invented by
boom-makers, and they demonstrate
the vastness of the recent revolution
that has been quietly going on in the
Southern States. The bloody shirt
may flap and futter for for the Re-
publican agitator, but it can be used
no longer to retard the progress of the
Southern States. Indianapolis Sen
ti71eL
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
HENRY /. BlOSSAT, Business Manager
sATTLEDooR,

Merry-hearted maidens four,
Laughing. play at battledoor;
Aud my heart, the shuttlecock,
To and fro they nimbly knock.
Maggie, Fannie, Hattie, Kate
How their bright eyes scintilate,
AS the poor, bewildered thing
Back and forth they gayly fling!
Ha! tits lodged in Fannie's hair;
Scarce moment nestles there,
When away 1t bounding flies.
Lighting plump in Hattie's eyes.
Now IN Katie's kerchief hides;
Then, abashed and blushing, glides,
(Battledoor is full OF slips)
Bouncing straight to Maggie's lips.
Merry-hearted maidens four,
Playing thus at battledoor,
Cease, oh! cease, my heart to knock,
Poor, bewildered shuttlecockl
Century.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10

This table shows wide diversity of
new enterprises, indicating new and
healthy growth. The building of cot
ton mills is again attracting much In
terest and capital In nearly oil the
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
A New Jersey negro saws he ha

"A New Jersey negro says he has
fought with fists, clubs, corn-cutters,
scythes, pistols and slung-shots, but
for DOWNRIGHT good weapon Of de-
tense he prefers razor with white
bone handle. Detroit Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10

Texas leads With s,sol. l15 sheep.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-31
The Author of America"

The wcll-known hymn beginning my
Country, it's of Thee" and known by
the name of america" is by the Rev.
Samuel Francis Smith. He was born in
Boston, October 81, 1903. Was edu-
Gated in Harvard and studied theology
at Andover. Was for many years a
Baptist minister, and since 1854 has
been engaged in literary pursuits and in
editing the publications of the Baptist
Missionary union.
The poem was one of Mr.. Smiths
earliest productions. In letter con-
corning it he says: "The song was writ
ten at Andovcr during my student life
there, think in the winter Of 1881 SO
1t was first sung publicly at a Sunday
school celebration, July 4, at Park Street
Church. Boston. had in my possession
number of song books from which |
was selecting such music as pleased me,
and finding God Save the King l pro-
ceeded to give it the ring OF American
patriotism.-I Inter Ocean.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-31
A Valuable White Topaz.

1.-THE white topaz found near Pixies
Peak is almost equal in value to the dia-
mond," said an expert in precious stones
to a St. Louis Globe reporter. Mot
many people know this; but found a
topaz on the banks of the Platte river
this summer and sent it to lapidary
in New York to have it cut. 1t weighed
S2S carats, and the lapidary sent me
back word that he would give me $500
for 1t. l refused the offer, aad investi-
CATION disclosed the fact that if 1 had
sold the stone it would have found its
way into some of the large stores of the
metropolis, where. put into innumcrable
small stones, it would have been offered
for sale rs genuine diamonds. Clear
white topaz is worth 50 carat. 4
three or four carat, well cut stone will
cost you $50 or $40. The white topaz
has the brilliancy and hardness of the
diamond, and differs from it only in
being somewhat transparent. It's angle
OF refraction differs only slightly from
that of the diamond. 1t is rare, too"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-31

All competent observers in Russia
agree in representing the condition of
the peasantry since the emancipation of
the serfs as very wretched. Each rural
commune is responsible for the relief of
its own poor, and Sir r. Morler, in
foreign Office report just published, says
that the officials are quite incapable of
replacing all that was done for the peas
ants by the 1903, 900 large landed pro-
prietors whose interest it formerly was
that their dependents. should be able to
work we'll and constantly. Since 1866,
accordingly, there has been permanent
famine in about fourteen provinces, and
it is officially stated that in the larger
provinces, such as Kursk, Tambow, and
Kostroma, over 1OO,0OO peasants have
abandoned the plots of eight acres each
allotted to them. The number of beg
gars in seventy one governments is given
as 800, 900, of whom 1872, 900 are peasant
proprietors. The most hopeful remedy
suggested is the formation of labor colo
MES, which have been successful in
Germany.